Aircraft Engine vs iCons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aircraft Engine
Explore the intricate structure and operation of an aircraft engine in augmented reality. Utilize various view modes and animations to understand its mechanics. Simply target an instruction image with your device to bring the 3D engine to life.
- Augmented reality engine visualization
- Multiple view modes
- Interactive animations
- 3D engine exploration
- Target image recognition
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Aircraft Engine is an augmented reality application. You can discover the structure and operating of an aircraft engine thanks to different view modes and animations. 1 – Download and launch the app Aircraft Engine 2 – Target the instruction picture with your mobile device and visualize the 3D engine. If you don’t have the picture, you can download and print the visual here : http://aircraftengine.numix.fr/Target.pdf 3 – Move your mobile device around the picture, explore different view modes and turn-up the volume !
iCons
This magic app lets you influence minds using your phone's icons. Easily create illusions with any card or text, supporting multiple languages and secret inputs. Performances are explained within the app.
- Influence minds with phone icons
- Use any card or text
- Secret inputs
- Multi-language support
- Performance explanations
- Card and text input
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iCons allows you to influence people's mind with any card, any text using the icons of your phone. It's a magic app. It's easy to use, very simple to do. Multi-Language Connected to Inject, Elips & WikiTest Card Input Text Input 2 Secret Inputs Letters and numbers Performances explained
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iCons at 100% against Aircraft Engine's 25%. iCons also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). Aircraft Engine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. iCons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Aircraft Engine asks for nothing beyond the download.
iCons holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aircraft Engine has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Aircraft Engine's written reviews are positive against 100% of iCons's.
Aircraft Engine ships an update every 3 days, iCons weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aircraft Engine | iCons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Numix | French Twins Illusion |
Customer experience
Aircraft Engine
iCons
In-app purchases
Aircraft Engine
No in-app purchases
iCons
- Buy iCons$44.99
